USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -He was the third Hanoverian monarch and the first one to be born in England and to use English as his first language. George III is widely remembered for two things: losing the American colonies and going mad. This is far from the whole truth. George’s direct responsibility for the loss of the colonies is not great.

Detailed explanation-2: -As King of Great Britain during the American Revolution, George III has become to many Americans a byword for tyranny and the arrogance of the old European aristocracy.

Detailed explanation-3: -George III became king of Great Britain and Ireland in 1760 following his grandfather George II’s death. In his accession speech to Parliament, the 22-year-old monarch played down his Hanoverian connections. “Born and educated in this country, ” he said, “I glory in the name of Britain.”

Detailed explanation-4: -Ten years after mental illness forced him to retire from public life, King George III, the British king who lost the American colonies, dies at the age of 81. In 1760, 20-year-old George succeeded his grandfather, George II, as king of Great Britain and Ireland.

Detailed explanation-5: -[ This description is from the project: Coming of the American Revolution ] King George III issued this Proclamation on 23 August 1775, in response to the arrival of William Penn in England, carrying Congress’s petition for independence. This action officially declared the colonies to be in a state of rebellion.